A guy pulled up next to me in a saleen. He waived and said nice truck and all i sadi nice car. He never reved up but i will see him again since i live in such a small town. Could my L 01chip , K&n Air filter, 2lb pulley beat this guy. I dont know the year but it was the newer body style . It had gauges above where the radio and a/c qould be. Just thought yall could help me out, dont want to race somethihng ill get my A$$ handed to me.

 

What year?

We've got an '01 Saleen S281 SC (Supercharged) and it made 315hp 385tq at the wheels.

A lightly modded Lightning should walk the thing EASY.

It (The Saleen) runs about even with a stock LS1 on street tires...

-Dale

 

Who cares if you get your **** handed to you......at least you'll give him a run for his $$$$$. Even a stock L is respectable on the street. Hell I'd race a Viper GTS on the street (most of those dudes couldn't drive it out of the hole anywho )

--Joe

 

Just hope its not a supercharged S-351. 495 hp. Stock.
That car would mean trouble but they are rare , so you should be able to take him.

 

dude you can handle them, saleens are only putting out 320hps if that, you can take him with no problem

 

My experience in the SE US has been this: for every true Saleen there are 3 or 4 clones. They've got the decals, the "Double Decker" wing etc, but stock performance. One guy I see often has the full Saleen body/decal/wing kit on a V-6 auto Mustang. Another one around appears stock but has a 351 S/C in it & is FAST. You never know...

 

it was a v8 at least i think it was real because it just all the sudden apeared and most fake stuff rides around in primer for months bfore painting the body kit.

 

Just race em...its not how fast the car is...its how well the dude can drive it....the only thing that pisses off people more than loosing...is when they loose because they missed a shift!

We dont have that problem

 

You can take him!

 

No beating them in your truck against their $40,000 + sports car pisses them off hehe. Run him no big deal always remeber one thing you have a truck. We are always the under dog, we are heavier, and less aerodynamic then any car. So race them and you lose you say big deal you beat my truck against your car. But the best part about the Lightning is 9 times out of 10 you will beat most sports cars. Then seeing th elook on the sport car owners face is priceless

 

I went to a 1/4 mile track last friday with my stock 02 L. Everybody was going slow (heat, and slippery track), up comes this sweet brand new charcoal gray saleen. I thought that he would just eat the track up and spit it out. After I saw his run times I could have taken him towing a trailer. LOL

You can take him. Of course you always have that 90% thing going for you anyways. And if you have a quick reaction time that is also worth an extra .3-.5 seconds. Just watch out for the SC version, it's probably best to leave those alone.

 

I own both an 01 L and a 00 SCS281 Saleen. From 0-100 it would be a close race. My L is stock, my Saleen has a 2# pulley, tb, Xpipe, and cold air kit. After 100, it would be bye-bye L, due to the aerodynamics.
FWIW, I beat a 99 L (about 385 to the wheels)at the strip in my Saleen by a car length or so. My car is the heavier vert.

 

buddy has a saleen 281sc(supercharged) only ran 14.0 at the track,I kicked his as- twice.he just put 2500 into it with some hoosiers(painted the words yellowlike his car)so he cant wait fo the track again but when i drove in it i wasn't impressed

 

"After I saw his run times I could have taken him towing a trailer."

Sigged!

 

Ive never seen one manage to put 330 down without a re-tuning. Those cars left the factory un-tuned with gobs of problems. Infact, Danny Swanson had to re-tune the damn thing just to make it repectable. Respectable meaning about 380 to the rear wheels. $90K for a 351-S Speedster and only 330 hp to the wheels? Who is the crook in this deal?

Saleens are all show and no go. Always have, always will be.

Their roots blower setup is a complete joke. They would have been better off using Vortech's or Paxtons.

The Saleens out here know their limit. One of which, isnt messing around with L's and Cobras.